Ann Brink on sat 25 jun 05
Hi- I believe if I needed cylinders that are 14"highx4"diam., I would be
tempted to make a slab and wrap it around a tube. Would that work for you or
do they have to be thrown?
Ann Brink in CA, ...just got through 2 days of the local Arts & Crafts Show,
one more day to go. Attendance less than last year, weather was great,
sales pretty good.
>Sincultura wrote:" I think the general problem I'm having is that I don't
have great control of shaping the pieces from thin cylinders. For wider or
pieces with bellies are less of a problem. Also with regular shapes I can
always trim them. Any tips on getting control of shaping thin wall pieces?
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> BTW, the reason I'm working on this pieces is that my kiln is small,
17"x18", and that way I can fire more pieces at the same time. :)
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Sincultura 13 on sat 25 jun 05
Thanks to all that responded… My server was down on and off for the last couple of days. Which was good because it gave me a chance to try some of the suggestions I was given before replying.
After reading some of the suggestions I realized I should have been more specific on my first post … I can throw tall cylinders 6”+ wide without much trouble, but for these pieces I need to begin with a 14” x 4” cylinder. If I throw a wider cylinder and close it either wrinkles up (for lack of a better term) or the wall gets too thick. Since the cylinder is to narrow I can’t reach all the way down in without widening the cylinder again… I tried using a throwing stick but I don’t have enough control of it with the narrow cylinder + thin wall combination… This made me realize that seating a bit higher (at the level of the wheel head) could give me more control…
I wrote down all the throwing suggestions to give them a try… Dry throwing, the different ways of pulling, rings, etc….
BTW, I Eric I’m lefty but throw right handed…
Since I can’t wait 30 min for the cylinder to stiffen, I went and bought a heat gun. This particular one didn’t worked all that well so I took it back. I tried one once that dried the clay in seconds. So if I can’t find that model I’m going to try Lee’s suggestion and buy a torch… though I’m not completely sold on the idea of unnecessarily having gas around the house…
I tried the coil and throw method (check Mike Martino’s blog http://karatsupots.blogspot.com/) and I think with some practice I might end up using it. If anyone has any tips on rolling coils feel free… I’m going to try throwing slabs too…
I think the general problem I’m having is that I don’t have great control of shaping the pieces from thin cylinders. For wider or pieces with bellies are less of a problem… Also with regular shapes I can always trim them… Any tips on getting control of shaping thin wall pieces?
BTW, the reason I’m working on this pieces is that my kiln is small, 17”x18”, and that way I can fire more pieces at the same time… :)
Sincultura
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